Notice: Our irrigation water is down. It will not be repaired until Tuesday, tomorrow, depending on parts needed for the repair. 1-02-2023
Our next board meeting will be on January 9, 2023 at 9:oo a.m. in the Clubhouse.
Update on Lift Station: US Water is here to pump out the lift station pit and then the will try to clean the pumps, if that does not work the will have to replace them. During this time they are asking that we limit our water use to a bare minimum so they do not have to shut the water down. If they shut the water down and the pressure drops below 20 psi we have to have the water tested with a boil water notice. The costs of the lab tests, in that case, is $800.00. Please limit your use. May 11, 2022 11:50 a.m.
Announcement: Attention All Residents Currently in the Blue Cypress: Our lift station for the waste water is not working. US Water is on the way to see what has to be done and how soon it can be done. They should be here to assess the problem in 40 minutes. At some point very soon we will have to have everyone stop using water, toilets, etc. Anything dumping into the waste system and drains will have to stop. We will have to hire somebody to pump out the lift station pit, pay to dump the waste. If the pumps are out we will have to hire a boom truck to pull the pumps out of the pit, locate and get new pumps here and installed this is work that will need to be contracted out if it is not something that Ted and Charlie cannot fix. Keep you eye on the postings and we will let you know what has to be done ASAP. Please pass this message on to friends and neighbors that may not see this message. Thank you. Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 8:00 a.m.
Announcement: The Office will be closed this Friday, April 29, 2022 due to vacation and Dr. Appointments. If you have an emergency please call a Director. Thank you for your patience and any inconvenience this may cause.
Update on Boil Water Notice: US Water advised that they did not get the sample to the lab until late on Friday. We will have to boil water until we are notified and hopefully that will be Wednesday. Posted – April 18, 2022.
Water is back on but the boil water notice is in affect through Tuesday of next week. posted April 15, 2020.
Emergency Notice: The water will be shut off in 15 minutes! It looks like a four (4) minimum repair time. We will keep you posted.
Blue Cypress Golf and RV Resort
Monday, April 18, 2022, 10:00 a.m.
Board of Directors Meeting
AGENDA
Call to Order
Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence
Minutes of Last Meeting
Committee Reports
Appeals – Daryl Harp
Architectural – Gene Neely/Cliff Martin
Election – Cindy Yoder
Social Club – Steve Bell
House and Grounds – Jerry Receveur
Other Committee Reports –
Old/Unfinished Business:
WWTP -Lon Sloan
New Business –
Insurance Proposal from Wells Insurance – Nadine Leap
Water Treatment Plant Update – Mark Huffman
Summer Hours – Nadine Leap
Pickleball Court – Lon Sloan
Swimming Pool Pump and Motor – Ed Turner/Charlie McFarland
Road Repairs – Mark Huffman
Adjournment –
Board of Directors Meeting, Monday, February 15, 2021, 10:00 a.m.
AGENDA
Call to Order
Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence
Guest Speaker – Corporal Jack Nash – Okeechobee Sheriff’s Department
Minutes of Last Meeting
Committee Reports
Appeals – Daryl Harp
Architectural – Gene Neely/Cliff Martin
Election – Cindy Yoder
Social Committee – Bev Cobb
House and Grounds – Jerry Receveur
All Other Committee Reports –
Old Business:
WWTP
New Business
Adjournment
Board of Directors Meeting, Monday, February 15, 2021, 10:00 a.m.
AGENDA
Call to Order
Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence
Minutes of Last Meeting
Committee Reports
Appeals – Daryl Harp
Architectural – Gene Neely/Cliff Martin
Election – Cindy Yoder
Social Committee – Bev Cobb
House and Grounds – Jerry Receveur
Other Reports –
Old Business:
WWTP
New Business
Adjournment
Water Notice:Superior Water was here this morning and adjusted the system. Your water should look significantly better over the next 48 to 72 hours. Some owners have already reported that their water is clearer. US water is also conducting a chlorine burn. Again, clean the screens on your facets. I would check them to make sure that they are clear of any thing that might be present in our supply lines or your own filters. posted 01-04-2020.


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Our oldest John Deer Gator’s engine is out and needs to be replaced. The estimate to repair it is $3,000 plus labor. We would like to purchase a used machine. John Deer, Kubota, If you know of a used machine please let the Board know.
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The WTTP plant stopped working twice on Saturday. Once in the morning. Two breakers were tripped. An FPL truck was seen in the park that morning and after it left we found the tripped breakers. Does anyone know why the FPL truck was here? We suspect it had something to do with the breakers being tripped. We had an additional electrical problem Saturday evening. Again, we had a brief loss of power that we suspect knocked the plant out. Thanks to Jennifer Wagner for alerting us to the problem. We were at the plant at 9:15 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. It was really cold out there. Thanks to Charlie and David for staying out there with me and Thanks to James (US Water) for getting here and getting us going again. If anyone has information about the FPL truck or the brief power outage, please let us know. We are now looking into a fail safe and an alarm to guard against anything like this in the future.
December 11, 2020
FIRST NOTICE OF ELECTION
This is due notice of the date of the election as required by paragraph 2.6 in the bylaws of the
Condominium documents and by Florida statutes 718.112 (2) (d) 4 (a). The election will take
place at the Annual meeting in the clubhouse.
Saturday February 13, 2021 at 2 P.M.
The members shall elect Three Members of the Board of Administration. The members
Shall also transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Any unit owner or other eligible person desiring to be a candidate for the board must give written
notice to the association by January 4, 2021 by one of the following methods:
By certified mail, return receipt requested, directed to the association: or
- By personal delivery to the association: or
- By regular U.S. mail, facsimile, telegram, email, or other method of delivery to the Association.
Within 90 days of being elected you must complete the Educational Curriculum administered by a division-approved Condominium education provider to better understand Florida Statute 718 for Condominiums. Please direct such written notice to: Cynthia Yoder, Election Committee Chairperson- Lot 275
Please remember the new maintenance fee for 2021 is $200.00. This becomes due on January 1, 2021. Please change your automatic banking.
Water Plant Notice: Charlie and Nadine reported that Superior Water has REALLY finished their work on the water treatment plant. We are back to where we throught we were on Friday. We have to use this 35,000 gallons of water and the water in the pressure tank in order to get to the new filtered water. The water should get better each day. US Water will be monitoring the water’s progress everyday. Thank you for your patience. 12-21-2020
Water Treatment Plant: Just spoke with Superior Water Works and they said the apologize for the inconvenience and will be done with our system today. I will keep you posted and let you know when they are finished. posted 12-21-2020
Correction NOTICE: US Water was just here and checked our water system and told Nadine that our system is still on bypass, we are not on the new filters or chlorinators. We were not issued a boil water notice. If we get a notice to boil water we will post it on line, on the bulletin boards and put the boil water barrel out.
US WATER contacted Superior Water and they told US Water that they were called out on an emergency and had to leave before they could finish the transfer. They will be back in the morning.
Sorry for the confusion. We were not notified of this until 30 minutes ago. We still have to have U.S. Water perform the “Chlorine Burn” and they cannot do that until Superior is done. We will let you know when we are back on the filtering system. Clear your facets screens to make sure your water is coming through a clean screen. Posted 12-20-2020 @ 3:32 p.m.
Update: The work on the Water Treatment Plant has been completed. They will be back Monday to make sure it is functioning properly. We have a 35,000 gallon tank that we need to get through to get to the new filtered water. We still have to have U.S. Water preform the Chlorine Burn. That is still a few days out. The water should be getting better each day. Posted: 12-19-2020
Reminder: Water Plant Repair: The BOD passed a motion at the last Board meeting to have Superior Water Replace 3 non-working valves on the softener heads, change out the filtering media to a high volume media, replace three non-working chlorination pumps. We will also have a chlorination burn conducted by US water and open the blow out valves that will further clean out our supply pipes throughout the park. The fact that so many people are not in the park lends itself to water standing in the pipes for long periods of time and creating a bad water environment. The work has already begun and hopefully will be completed today or first thing next week. Posted: 12-18-2020
Board of Directors Meeting, Monday, January 18th, 2021, 10:00 a.m.
AGENDA
Call to Order
Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence
Minutes of Last Meeting
Committee Reports
Appeals – Daryl Harp
Architectural – Cass Toon
Budget – Nadine Leap
Election – Cindy Yoder
Social Committee – Bev Cobb
House and Grounds – Jerry Receveur
Other Reports
Old Business:
Committee Appointments
New Business
Adjournment
Meeting Announcement: Blue Cypress Golf and RV Resort
Waster Water Treatment Plant Update: We are now waiting on the concrete slab to cure out (complete the drying process). Once the concrete is cured, (in a week to ten days), the sewer plants will be delivered to Blue Cypress. One will be plumbed and put in service. The other will be stored on our property, next to the other one, until the rest of the old plants parts and pieces have been removed, the ground prepared, rebar installed, concrete poured and cured. We have plumbing and electrical service to be put in place too. Then the second plant will be put in place, plumbed and put in sync with plant one. With a little luck this will all fall in place. September 2, 2020
All employees are listed on http://bluecypressgolfandrvresort.com under the RESORT INFORMATION title across the home page. Then click on Administration and Board of Directors, Employees, and Social Club Officers. This is our official website. We encourage everyone to check announcements and notices here. Posted 09-01-2020
Update on the WTTP project: It was dry enough today to get the concrete slab poured. We need 5 to 7 days of cure time on the concrete and we will be ready to set in the first new tank. 08-29-2020.
Update: Good Morning: It’s Thursday morning and Charlie reported that the rebar is scheduled to be installed today and concrete will be poured on Friday, depending on the weather. We’re hoping that we can get this first slab done yet this week. 🙏 posted 08-27-2020.
Update on the WTTP project. Forms for the concrete slab were built and put in place today. The rebar is supposed to installed tomorrow and I believe Charlie reported the concrete is scheduled for Friday. Keep your fingers crossed and say your prayers that the storms and bad weather miss Okeechobee. Posted Tueday, August 26, 2020
Lon,
Sorry I could not get with you Friday afternoon. Nothing major just some paperwork that is needed by Okeechobee County. I need to get our GC to complete and drive it over to them which I am planning on doing tomorrow. Demo pushed one week. Slab for week of 8/24. Plants should arrive in Miami by end of next week for electromechanical installations and testing. Plants are drained and cleaned out. Have to pump out rain and I plan on doing that with the new pump we bought on Thursday. Posted 8-11-2020
•All subcontractors are onboard. Demolition will start as soon as the WTTP plants arrive in our Miami facility scheduled in next two weeks. Delayed due to Covid shut down by 1 week.
• When plants arrive in Miami Galene will commence switching over from our existing plant 1 to existing plant 2 and draining existing plant 1 with possible pump out, if needed.
•Old Plant 1 will then be cut to ground level and the site will be backfilled and compacted.
•Upon completion of ground preparation, the concrete contractor will form slab 1 and install steel rebar. Concrete poured and leveled. After 4-5 days, weather permitting, New Plant 1 will be lifted onto slab one.
•New Plant 1 will be plumbed and wired to existing panel and pumped from existing plant 2. Existing plant 2 will then be emptied and steps 2, 3 and 4 repeated.
•Existing sand filter, EQ tank and the discarded tank at the water plant will be lifted by crane onto a lowboy and removed.
•Start up and training for new system 2-3 days planned.
Galene has already started to receive electromechanical equipment at their Miami shop including 4 IFAS filter systems, control modules, blower components, switches, wiring and piping. Galene hopes to have plant photos sent from manufacturing plant tomorrow morning, Friday, July 24, 2020, and will forward to you us ASAP.
JD Sullivan will be on our site on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, with electrician to start marking tanks for demolition. post 7-23-2020
Announcement: Friday afternoon at approximately 2:30 p.m. a broken valve to one of our lots was discovered after the yard had been flooded. The break was under a concrete pad and the concrete had to be removed before the pipe could be repaired. If you noticed a drop in your water pressure it was do to the “blow off” valve being opened to reduce the water pressure while the repair was being made. Maintenance got the water to the lot turned off just before dark and had to complete the repair Saturday morning. Our thanks to Rich and Jose’ for getting the repair made.
Breakfast in the Clubhouse Saturday Morning, price is just $5.00. The food is good and the conversation is even better. We hope to see everyone there to support the social club. The breakfast is sponsored, prepared by our Petanque players.
Following up on the testing, I contacted TANK engineering and spoke with an office manager and she said that one of the engineers would contact me today, Monday, but the holidays have put them behind. So, far, I have not heard from them. The office manager indicated that they do testing and probably could get it in done in the mont of January but not by the end of the first week in January. Posted Monday, December 23, 2019.
WWTP (sewage Plant) Update – As a couple of the Directors stated in the meeting. We were never informed that the current clarifier would still be needed. The contact/chlorination tank would still need to be used. The amount to a modification and one additional clarification tank.
The tank in question is a 60 year old tank. Scott Sebor from Water Solutions said the part of the tank holding the water and processing it is not the problem, it is the top of the tank, with provides strength to the tank, is in need of some costly repairs. The filteration tank is also in need of repair. This was refurbished about 2 years ago but the surface was not prepared properly and some of the steel is delaminating.
Spoke with Saltis Engineering, David Bolem, he does not do that testing and added that it was highly unusual to test the tank, The bottom of the tank is in the ground and not exposed to air. Any problems could be repair with a steel patch and weld but problems are very unlikely. He gave me the name of TANK Engineering. He said to ask them they can test the tank.
Important Notice – There is a Board meeting in the Clubhouse, Monday, December 16, 2019, at 10:00 a.m.,for the express purpose of updating the Board concerning the Clarifier.
Agenda –
Roll Call –
Pledge and moment of Silence –
Old Business-
Clarifier Update –
Adjourn –
Okeechobee County Emergency Management DepartmentPhone: (863) 763-3212
Community Information Line: (863) 824-6888 Fax# (863) 763-4565
NOTICE: Access to our financial reports and information by Florida Statute are restricted to unit owners. Florida Statute 718.111(12) states, “The association’s website must be accessible through the Internet and must contain a sub-page-web portal, or other protected electronic location that is inaccessible to the general public and accessible only to unit owners and employees of the Association”. We appreciate your interest in Blue Cypress Golf and RV Resort.